Speaking of tipping, it turns out that, despite what we heard in high school, wait staff are still tipped much more often than cows. Jake Swearingen fully debunks the urban (suburban? rural?) myth, using a surprising amount of geometry. [Modern Farmer]

From math to science: Diet sodas, by providing sweet without calories, may play havoc with your regulatory system and lead to overeating. Maybe moderate amounts of the real stuff is better? [Scientific American]

If you’re in the mood to contemplate death (and who isn’t?), Howard Chua-Eoan has a fascinating article on the recent chicken-beheading at the MAD Symposium, and the morality of eating fertilized duck-eggs. [Roads And Kingdoms]

And if, after all that, you just want to be comforted, Heston Blumenthal uses his modernist magic to make bacon and egg ice cream for everyone. [Scientific American]

The Drink
Blumenthal’s methods seem complicated. Maybe it’s better to use your eggs to make a Ramos Gin Fizz